Question

Jose measured a basketball court and made a scale drawing. In real life the court is 18 meters long. It is 9 centimetres long on the drawing. What scale did Jose use? 1m: ____cm

Answer 1

it is two centimeters

Answer 2

2 cm

Explanation:

9 x 2 = 18, therefore the dimentions were scaled 1 to 1 m-cm and then he divided those 18 cm by 2

18cm / 2 = 9 therfore the scale is 1m: 2cm.